Sub-category 8.4
Inference Accelerator Startups
Custom silicon optimized for fast, cheap inference. Sold either as cloud services (Groq, Cerebras) or chips/systems.
Players
Players: Groq Private, Cerebras Private (S-1 filed), SambaNova Private, Tenstorrent Private, Etched (Sohu transformer ASIC) Private, Rivos Private, Untether AI Private, d-Matrix Private, MatX Private, FuriosaAI Private, Rebellions Private, Lemurian Labs Private, Positron AI Private
Analysis coming soon — this page is scaffolding for deeper research into inference accelerator startups.